The U.S. Department of Energy Office of River Protection (ORP) and contractor Bechtel National Inc. (BNI) have completed significant work at the Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant’s (WTP) Low-Activity Waste (LAW) Facility in FY 2016 and are now preparing the LAW Facility site for the final stages of construction.

Bechtel National has donated $10,000 to the Washington State STEM Foundation and the Mid-Columbia STEM Network to help expand learning experiences to help prepare students for eventual careers in science, technology, engineering and math.
Source: Tri-City Herald

The presence of power marks a significant milestone in the creation of a major new structure at the U.S. Dept. of Energy’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant at the Hanford Nuclear Waste Site in southeast Washington state.
Source: ENR Northwest

Destroying the nation’s stash of World War II-era chemical weapons is nasty work, and after decades of delays, the Army is using robots to start the job inside a $4.5 billion plant on the Colorado prairie.

The U.S. Army plans to start operating a $4.5 billion plant next week that will destroy the nation’s largest remaining stockpile of mustard agent, complying with an international treaty that bans chemical weapons, officials said Wednesday.

A team of 10 engineers, volunteers from Arup, Bechtel and Bridges to Prosperity, have built a 42m suspension bridge over the Mukungwa River this summer, for the 12,000 residents of Kukibuye in north western Rwanda.
Source: Infrastructure Intelligence

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has led a first-of-its-kind comprehensive analysis to evaluate future pathways for low-carbon, renewable hydropower (hydropower generation and pumped storage) in the United States, focused on continued technical evolution, increased energy market value, and environmental sustainability.
Source: DOE

The new span will provide safe, year-round access to schools, markets, and health care facilities for the 12,000 residents of Kukibuye. The new span will provide safe, year-round access to schools, markets, and health care facilities for the 12,000 residents of Kukibuye.
Source: ARUP